Fitter mechanism for glassware



Oct. 14, 1941. G. R. HAUB v FITTER MECHANISM FOR GLASSWARE File d Sept. 11, 1939 glwuw'ntoz Cfeo geji. Haul) Patented Oct. 14, 1941 Hazel-Atlas'GlassCompany, Wheeling, W. Va., a corporation of West Virginia Application September 11, 1939, Serial No. 294,403 4 Claims (01. 49-22) In the manufacture of glass articles, such as tumblers, and particularly tumblers which are intended to be sealed with caps, it is highly desirable that the mouths of the completed articles be truly circular in form, and of a uniform diameter. a

or other forming machine there is often a slight variation in the diameter of the mouths, and they are not always truly circular. Consequently an which is slidably mounted in the arm 5. Slidably mounted in this bushing H] is a rod H which adequate seal is not obtained, in many cases,;;1

when the caps are applied to the tumblers or other glass articles. I j The object of the present inventionis to ,pro-

vide a simple and inexpensive fitting mechanism carries at its lower end a fitter head or cup l2.

- The fitter head of the present embodiment which a As the tumblers come from the press is'shown in section in Figure 2, is provided with a circular groove l3, and when this groove is applied to a tumbler the mouth of the latter is caused to conform to. the groove, whereby the mouths of the completed articles are truly circular and of uniform diameter. Of course the fitter head may be ofany desiredform and size.

The upper end of the rod .,II which extends above the bushing I0, is threaded, and nuts I4 by which a fitter head or cup will vbe ,appliedto 1 the mouth of each article so that themouths of the articles will be truly circular, and will be of the exact diameter required.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the.

art, from the following detailed description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective View of the fitter Referring to the drawing in more detaiLnu meral l indicates the housing of a fire-polisher.

are screwed thereon. These ,nuts adjustably limit the .downward movement of the fitter head 12 with respect to the bushing Ill, and also cause :the fitter head to beraised when the bushing is raised. .If desired, weights I5 may be attached to, the, upper end of the rod ,and of course the Weights may be varied to suit different glass- T fware.;

Numeral [6 refers generally to a double cam for operating the fitter head. This cam is continuously rotated, in the direction of the arrows,

, mechanism, associated with a fire-polisher, and .25

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional viewof the fitter head.

by any desired means. In the particular embodiment illustrated, a shaft l1 carries at its upper end a pinion 18 which meshes with gear I I9 for driving the continuously moving conveyer In accordance, with the 'commonpractice the cups 2 travel continuously through the firepolisher, with a tumbler 3, or other glass article, centered on each cup. As the cups travel forward they are also rotated, while the articles arebeing subjected to a flame, whereby the articles are highly polished.

The rotation of the cups 2 is discontinued as the cups emerge from the fire-polisher, and while the articles still retain the heat from the firepolishing operation, and while they are still being carried forward by the cups, a fitter head is successively applied to the mouth of each tumbler or other article.

Numeral 4 refers to the stationary shaft around which the cups travel. Oscillatably mounted on the shaft, adjacent the upper end thereof, is an arm 5; and a similar arm 6 is oscillatably mounted on the shaft adjacent the lower end thereof. The free ends of the arms 5 and 6 are connected by a vertically extending rod 1, which is pinned to the arms.

Loosely mounted on the rod 1 isa sleeve 8. Extending inwardly from the upper end of the sleeve is a bracket 9, and this bracket carries at its inner end a vertically extending bushing I 0 of the fire-poli'sher. The shaft l1 carries at its lower end a pinion 20, in the stationary gear box 2|. The pinion 20 meshes with a pinion 22 on the lower end of a shaft 23, and this shaft'carries at its upper end the double cam Hi. This cam causes the fitter head to be raised and lowered, and to travel back and forth, as will now be described.

The sleeve 8 carries a roller 24 which rides on top of the cam track 25. When the rotation of the cam brings the depressed portion 25 of the cam track beneath the roller 24, the sleeve 8 slides down on the rod 1 by gravity. And of course at the same time the bracket 9 and bushing l0 move downward, to thereby permit the downward movement, by gravity, of rod II and fitter head I2, until the fitter head engages the mouth of the tumbler 3, or other article. The engagement of the circular groove l3 of the fitter head, with the mouth of the tumbler, causes the mouth to conform to the groove. The continued rotation of the cam causes the sleeve 8 to be lifted, thereby lifting the fitter head from the tumbler.

- The cups 2 carrying the tumblers 3 travel about the shaft 4 as a center, and as the fitter head is carried by the arm 5 which is mounted on the j r 2,259,377 shaft 4, it follows that the fitter head will travel fitter head i d by id 1 t tioned rod,

in the same path as the tumblers centered on the d cam means for raising nd lowering aid,

cups 2; but while the cups are always travelling l v in the o e direction indicated by e arrow, the 2. A fitter mechanism for glass articles, includfitter head is oscillated back and forth so that it 5 ing a vertical shaft, conveyer cups traveling in a can successively engage each tumbler and travel circular path about said shaft as a center, said with it during the fitting operation. cups adapted to carry glass tumblers or the like For Osc t ng t e fit e head the rod 1 is prO- to be fitted, -a laterally extending arm mounted vided with a roller 21 which rides about the cam on said shaft, a'vertic'al' rod freely 'sli-dable in said surface '28. Th roller is held against the Cam arm, a non-rotatable fitter head having a downsu f c by a Sp Thus a the cam ro ates it wardly facing annular groove mounted on the will Cause t e Od 1, the arms 5 and 6, and t lower end of said rod, means for raising the rod fitter head l2 associated with the arm 5 t0 and-fitter head and permitting the rod and fitter oscillated back and forth about the shaft 4 as a headtoqescend by gravity t bring t fitter head center. '13 into fittihg' engagement with a tumbler mouth, The arrangement is such that the 't'z'aintradkffi 7 J n}; m a f osfllating i arm t cause t will permit the fitter head to move downwardly fitter head to travel with the tumbler. to engage a tumbler, and the cam surface 28 will 3. A'fitter mechanism for glass articles, includthen permit the fitter head to travel forward ing a-vertical shaft, conveyer cups traveling in a with the tumbler. This enga ement of the fitter 0 circular path about said shaft as a center, said head with the tumbler causes the mouth thereof cups adapted to carry glass tumblersor the like :to assume a truly Circular f0rm the Exact to be fit'tedfia laterally extending arm mounted diameter desireds 'onsaid' 'shaft, a'vertical sleeve mounted in said After the :fitter head has engaged the tumbler .aLILmAa ITG'mQVQb1E iu a nd=do'wn arod freely 11 mouth 'the 0am track causes thefitter "headto 5 --able in said sleeve, a non-rotatable fitter head e lifted fro .the tumbler, the 'cam surface 28 having a downwardly facing annular groove moves the head back about the shaft '4 -a's a mounted-en the -l'ower e'nd-of 'said rod, means on center, and the cam track 25 permits the head the upper end-of the rod for li'mitin'g the downto-move doWnWard-intoeng ge with the next ward movement of the r'od with respect to the tum-bler or other article to be fitted. sieevaimea'ns for raising the slee've, rod and fitter After the article's have been fitted they m y be head-and permitti'ng -them to descendby gravity delivered to a leer 30 for'the' nn ng peration. to bring the fitter head into fitting engagement From the foregoing description it willbe anpiiwith-a tumbler=mouth, and means for oscillating rent that I have devised a very simple and ineX- --'g'g,id:g,iimjtg aug t 'Ifitterihead t w with pensivemechanism by which tumblers or oth'er g's the tiimbler.

glass articles can be quickly :fitted; "so that the 1. h fitterin'ebhanism ioraglassarticles, includmouths of the articles will be perfectly. circular sgn zge tmu ug y:tra gim a v am and of uniform diameter, whereby an efiicient carry glass t bl r th like 1;, be Tfibted seal will be provided when caps 'are applied'to vertibal sleev'e -movab1e upand down, a rod freely -t ;1 s 350 slidablein said-sleeve-a hon rotatable fitter head Having fully described th invention, what I ,navin'g adownwards racingannuiar groove on claim a H I the lower and 0f said Ted, means on the dipper -1 An apparatuso'f the character described inend of the rod for limiting the downward move- 'c'l'udin'ga vertical shaft, conveye'r cups travelling llment 'f d with respeet to ee me ns 'in acircular path about sa i-d shaft-as a center," zmii' ra sin the sleeve, ron and fitter :hea and "said cups adapted to carry glass-articles to be 'h t ir'l'g'tliein to ile's'cend "by y 2 bring "fitted'alaterally extending arminounted onsaid the fitter head into fitting n a emeh'twith a 's haft airod extendingdownwardly *fromsaid arm, i b 'e Qfit -r and 'mean's fo'r movin'g't e (S cai'n meansforoscillatingsaid-rod-an'd armabeat, Trlld :aFIfd 'fi e' ead back and forth to cause the said shaft, asleev'e slidably mbunte'donsaid rod," l? -t0 W W h the"tumble/i fa vertically extending bushing carried by said GEORGE R. HAUB sleeve,.a rod mounted in'the vertical bushing,a 

